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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [uːˈsuː.ra]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [uˈs̬uː.ra]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''ūsūra''' ''f'' (genitive ūsūrae); first declension^(Wiktionary)
+ Plautus has the spelling ''ussūra''.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[ūtor]] “to use” with the suffix [[-ūra]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Isidore says it is named after the use of money lent.^(Isidore)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of the use of a thing.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant the use or enjoyment of something, as in Plautus.^(OLD 2012) From Varro it meant the sum paid for the use of money, interest, especially in the plural, perhaps for the monthly payments.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein explains that ''fēnus'' is interest as the yield of capital, ''ūsūra'' what the debtor pays for its use.^(Döderlein 1874)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant usury, use, interest.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it for interest, and Alcuin's letter of 786 forbids usury.^(DMLBS) It was borrowed into Italian and Spanish ''usura'' and French ''usure''.^(Wiktionary) Medieval Latin ''ūsūria'' gave [[en|usury]] about 1300 through Anglo-French.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of use.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of interest.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 786 – A letter of Alcuin's circle forbids usury.^(DMLBS)
+ * c. 1300 – English ''usury'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # Use, enjoyment.^(OLD 2012)
+ # [[m|en|Interest]] on money; [[m|en|usury]].^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[ūsūrārius]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[ūtor]]
+ * [[ūsus]]
+ * [[fēnus]]
+ * [[en|usury]]
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+ ==Usage notes==
+ Döderlein distinguishes it from [[fēnus]].^(Döderlein 1874)
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}